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Potrerilloxyela menendezi

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae

Taxonomy
Potrerilloxyela menendezi was named by Lara et al. (2014). Its type specimen is MCNAM-PI 24604, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Miguez (MCNAM collection), which is in a Carnian fluvial shale in the Potrerillos Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Potrerilloxyela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Potrerilloxyela menendezi Lara et al. p. 186 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
superfamilyXyeloidea
familyXyelidae
subfamilyXyelinae
tribeLiadoxyelini
genusPotrerilloxyela
speciesmenendezi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Potrerilloxyela menendezi Lara et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Argentina Potrerilloxyela menendezi (type locality: 151962)